Competition in Health Insurance

Competition in Health Insurance

This knowledge brief presents the key findings of a recent World Bank report on, 'health insurance and competition'. The report examines whether competition helps multiple insurers better manage health expenditures by, for example, contra...

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Main Author: Schneider, Pia
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CARE PLANS
COMPETITION AMONG INSURERS
CONSUMERS
CONTRACTS WITH PROVIDERS
CONTRIBUTION RATE
CONTRIBUTION RATES
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCIAL RISKS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE NEEDS
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS
HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH STATUS
HMO
HMOS
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
ILLNESS
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE EXPENDITURES
INSURANCE PLAN
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURANCE SYSTEM
INSURANCE SYSTEMS
MANAGED CARE
MANAGED CARE PLANS
MULTIPLE INSURANCE SYSTEMS
MULTIPLE INSURERS
OUTPATIENT CARE
PATIENTS
PHARMACY
PHYSICIANS
PRIMARY CARE
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PRIVATE INSURERS
PROVIDER PAYMENT
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RISK EQUALIZATION
SAVINGS
SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SUSTAINABILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11672357/competition-health-insurance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10240

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11672357/competition-health-insurance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10240

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